Fort Jackson Treaty

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The Fort Jackson Treaty was an 1814 agreement in which the United States forced the Creek Nation to cede vast territories in the Southeast following their defeat in the Creek War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peace treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Creek Nation lands in present-day Alabama ⓘ
Creek Nation lands in present-day Georgia ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
category 1814 in the United States ⓘ
Treaties involving Native Americans ⓘ
Treaties of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1814-08-09 ⓘ
effect expansion of U.S. settlement in the Southeast ⓘ
massive loss of Creek land base ⓘ
opening of Alabama and Georgia to cotton plantation expansion ⓘ
weakening of Creek political power ⓘ
followsEvent Battle of Horseshoe Bend ⓘ
defeat of Red Stick Creeks ⓘ
hasType land-cession treaty ⓘ
unequal treaty ⓘ
historicalPeriod Creek War ⓘ
War of 1812 era ⓘ
imposedBy Andrew Jackson ⓘ
United States military victory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the United States ⓘ
namedAfter Fort Jackson ⓘ
party Creek Nation ⓘ
Lower Creek factions ⓘ
Red Stick Creek faction ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
precedesEvent further dispossession of Creek lands in the 19th century ⓘ
increased U.S. control over Alabama and Georgia ⓘ
relatedTo Andrew Jackson's Indian policy ⓘ
Indian removal in the Southeast ⓘ
U.S. expansionism ⓘ
requiredCessionOf large portions of central Alabama ⓘ
large portions of southern Georgia ⓘ
over 20 million acres of Creek land ⓘ
resultOf Creek War ⓘ
War of 1812-era conflict in the Southeast ⓘ
signedAt Fort Jackson ⓘ
signedBy Creek Nation ⓘ
Major General Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Red Stick Creek representatives ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
signedIn Alabama Territory ⓘ
stipulated cession of Creek lands to the United States ⓘ
establishment of new boundaries for Creek territory ⓘ
hostilities between Creek Nation and United States to cease ⓘ
yearSigned 1814 ⓘ

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Treaty of Fort Jackson → alsoKnownAs → Fort Jackson Treaty ⓘ